Education and Health in the Levant during the Era of the Arab Faisali Government (1918 to 1920): Al-Asema Newspaper as a Source
Omar Saleh Al-Omari, Associate Professor, History Department, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Ali Fouad Henawi, Researcher, MOE, Jordan.
Abstract
The article aims to study the fields of education and health during the era of Faisali government in Levant between 1918 and 1920. The study has two main sections: education and health. The first section includes establishing schools and inventing educational methodologies The second section includes health, establishing hospitals, health education and awareness, methods of treatment and prevention, among many others. The research relies on AL-Asema newspaper as main source as well as other supportive sources. The researchers use the descriptive, analytical approach to explore the topic in question. Finally, the study concludes that Faisali government made a great effort in these two areas (education and health) which constitute an important aspect of social life in the Levant despite its short period of time.
Keywords: Al-Asema newspaper, Arab Faisali Government, Education, Health, The Levant.